It is generally bad media practice to write about yourself, and here at Gript, we try to avoid it. There are, however, occasions when it becomes necessary, to illustrate a broader point. Yesterday morning, the Editorial Team at Gript received a communication from Facebook. Our Facebook page – with 42,000 followers – was, we were […]
Three years ago this week, those of us who voted for, and campaigned against, the abortion referendum, were on the wrong side of an electoral kicking. The voters, in their questionable wisdom, decided to vote for what the Yes campaign said would be a more compassionate Ireland for women. Many of our readers will regret […]
I’m not proud of a feeling of schadenfreude upon hearing wealthy actor Paul Hogan whine about the homeless drug addicts that have descended on his Los Angeles elite Venice Beach neighbourhood. Mr Hogan feels blockaded into his $3.5m mansion and wishes the homeless just stayed somewhere else where property prices were more suited to their […]
Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly has denied that her party supported mandatory hotel quarantine – even though they were the most vocal supporters of the policy. Speaking on Virgin Media’s Tonight Show this week, the comments were made following the loss of over 100 aviation jobs in Shannon airport. Up to 130 Aer Lingus jobs […]
The headline above is entirely accurate, and, at the same time, a little misleading. You might think, to read it, that the various main party candidates in the Dublin Bay South bye-election were engaged in a war over the legality of abortion, with one or two expressing a pro-choice view, and one or two dissenting. […]
Unbelievable. And yet, entirely in character: Soc Dems @RoisinShortall says she has “serious concerns” about Govt’s proposed extension of emergency Covid powers and says extension should only be six weeks. pic.twitter.com/jZzsbYepg5 — David Murphy (@davidmurphyRTE) May 25, 2021 As of today, the Social Democrats will vote against any extension of the lockdown powers. On one […]
A young writer explains on Mother’s Day in the US why she became a mother at 25. Harmless enough you might think? On the contrary, it aroused feminist fury on social media. A nerve had been touched. It’s worth asking, why? In her opinion piece for The New York Times, titled, ‘I Became a Mother at 25 and I’m Not […]
The Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Skjiilstra, visits Dublin today for discussions with his counterpart Simon Coveney, and with Tánaiste, Leo Varadker. The visit is part of the lead into to Hungary’s Presidency of the European Council, which begins at the end of the month. It comes at a time of epochal […]
“Caution must be the watchword here”, we heard on RTE Radio One yesterday morning, as the nation’s beleaguered leader took to the airwaves with RTE’s own Claire Byrne to discuss, amongst other things, the great national re-opening plan. Reading that opening paragraph, you might think that it was the Taoiseach who told Claire Byrne that […]
We were told, weren’t we, that repealing the 8th would make this a better, more caring, more compassionate country – especially for women. Three years since the referendum that’s certainly not the case. Last month, a heavily pregnant, homeless woman was beaten so savagely in Dublin city centre that she lost her baby. That pregnant women are homeless […]
Our housing policy is a mess from left and right. Time to put people first again. Housing is a central issue for any society. Ensuring that people have somewhere to live, and that where they live is of tolerable standards, is fundamental to any viable community. How to provide it is one of the most […]
No, seriously now, what were they thinking? The Bourne Election has just been released @DeirdreConroyIE @JohnLahart @lichamber @NiallCollinsTD @NiamhSmythTD @Fiona_Kildare @MarcMacsharryTD @PaulMcauliffe @cardagh @fiannafailparty #TeamDeirdre #ByElection2021 pic.twitter.com/LetEurASXz — Jim O'Callaghan TD (@OCallaghanJim) May 23, 2021 As a piece of political communication, the only redeeming feature of this video is that it is so bad that […]